Minority teachers in different educational contexts. Introduction

The authors give an introduction to the international current state of research on minority teachers, while focusing on English-speaking OECD countries on one hand and German speaking countries (Austria, Germany, Switzerland) on the other. "In Austria, Germany and Switzerland, however, research in this field is still at an early stage and the call within education policy for more minority teachers in [...] schools is just about a decade old. [...] Whereas most research activities have concentrated on minority teachers, research in Austria, Germany and Switzerland over the past five years has started to address pre-service teachers from immigrant families at university. [...] In German-speaking discourse, [...] a critical perspective on the university as an institution, its actors and the pedagogical activities of university teachers (especially in the context of intercultural education) has only just begun to take hold. The articles in this issue address this perspective at least insofar as they illuminate the perspectives of pre-service teachers and allow for indirect inferences about their experiences, including ascriptions by other parties." (DIPF/Orig.